Incidence of recognized and unrecognized myocardial infarction in men and women aged 55 and older: The Rotterdam Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 729-736

  De Torbal, Anneke ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a   Kors, Jan A ^a   Van Herpen, Gerard ^a   Deckers, Jaap W ^a   Van Der Kuip, Deirdre A M ^a   Stricker, Bruno H ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Electrocardiogram; Incidence; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644925871     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi707     Document Type: Article

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